DOUBLE SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY NCAS ON THE BASIS OF NATIONAL LAW AND EU LAW DO NOT BREACH THE NE BIS IN IDEM PRINCIPLE

On 3 April 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in Case C-617/17, PowszechnyZakład Ubezpieczeń na Życie S.A. v. Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji iKonsumentów, regarding the interpretation of the ne bis in idem principle enshrined in Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of theEuropean Union (the “Charter”), and of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)…